The Ondo State Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola has sworn in Mr. Okayide Owolabi Adelami as the Deputy Governor of the state. The swearing-in ceremony was held on Thursday at the International Culture and Event Centre, Akure, the state capital. Adelami, a retired Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, was earlier cleared by the Ondo State House of Assembly last …

Peace may be returning to the Ondo State Executive Council as it holds its meeting today in Akure, the state capital, after three months. Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa will preside over the meeting, which is the first since the warring camps endorsed a peace deal at a reconciliation meeting hosted in Abuja by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the weekend. …

The Ondo State House of Assembly has warned against violating the resolutions of President Bola Tinubu’s meeting with the members of the House and other stakeholders over the lingering political crisis in the state. The House held its first plenary session on Tuesday after last Friday’s meeting with President Tinubu in Abuja. At the end of Tuesday’s plenary, the Speaker …

The Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday, awarded the sum of N200,000 against the state deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over the failure of his lawyer to appear in court. Aiyedatiwa’s counsel was said not to have appeared in the court to argue the motion he filed to restrain the state Chief Judge and the …

Ondo State House of Assembly yesterday restarted the impeachment process against Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The process was suspended following the intervention by All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje. Chief Judge of Ondo State, Olusegun Odusola also declined to constitute a panel that will investigate the misconduct allegations levelled against Aiyedatiwa by the lawmakers. During Ganduje’s meeting with …

The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, asked the Deputy Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to withdraw all the court cases filed against the impeachment process as part of the condition for settling the matter. The Assembly had on Tuesday halted the impeachment process against the embattled deputy governor, following the intervention of the national leadership of the ruling All …

The Ondo State House of Assembly has declared that the ongoing impeachment process against the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has not been suspended as earlier reported in the media. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Olatunji Oshati, on Friday, told a journalist that the House had halted the impeachment process after the state Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola, …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday fixed 16th October to rule on the application filed by Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa to withdraw the case instituted against the state House of Assembly, and others. In a motion on notice, Aiyedatiwa sued the Inspector-General of Police; the Department of State Services; the governor of Ondo State; …

The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, gave a fresh directive to the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegation of gross misconduct against the Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Assembly began the impeachment process against the deputy governor last week, serving him with a notice containing …

The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Friday, denied signing a pre-resignation letter as rumoured in some quarters. Aiyedatiwa said he knew nothing about the purported letter of resignation which was reportedly being circulated on social media in recent times. He declared that he did not resign from his position as the number two man in the state …